he would prefer that you have some control over where the thing is aimed, assuming that it is not aimed at me.

Since you don’t need a machine gun to hunt a deer, we are left with the 2nd amendment thing.

I’m pretty sure the folks putting together the US, with their single shot muskets, were not thinking that we would be spraying 30 bullets with a single squeeze of a trigger when they drafted the constitution.

The forming a militia thing had a different context too as a bunch of farmers had just fought a war against the british army to form a country.

So unless you think we need to protect ourselves from OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, that argument goes out the window.

If you DO think that’s a possibility, than you would be horribly outgunned anyhow, as the armed services have way more high tech weaponry stuff at their disposal than you can even imagine.

And who is the government, anyhow?

It’s made up of citizens, both elected officials, and low paid employees. In other words, us.

I love how bubbas are always anti social spending, yet 62 percent of the budget goes to defense.

And funny how we are always “defending” ourselves in OTHER countries.

And they are SO pro military, yet they are planning on shooting OUR OWN SOLDIERS with their Walmart purchased guns?

So it boils down to ignorant people being riled up by those who are making money off these guns.

“i don’t like organized sports” . You will probably like one of my kids soccer teams, then.

” organized crime” is bad, right? Well, i bet their houses are neat.

Or, i’m not religious, but i’m spiritual. Huh?

Or, “i’m not a vegetarian, but i dont eat red meat”.

Is ” red” meat bad, and other colors good?

Or, i don’t eat meat, but i eat fish. How is fish not meat? Never understood that.

Or, “i im a vegetarian but im ovo lacto.” Look, the animal that gave you the milk or eggs in a factory farm suffered just as much as the animal that was butchered for meat. Plus, the animal is going to get slaughtered anyway and fed to somebody when it gets old. Or did you think its was going to be put in a shoe box and buried in the back yard with a little ceremony?

“meat is murder”. Then why are animals made out of meat?

I should remind you that your “animal children” are carnivores. Are they then “bad”? Or is it different because their dinner comes in a can?

Or, in baseball: ” the players win the games, i just fill out the lineup cards”. All the sportwriters nod sagely.

Then why do they have manager of the year awards?

Or, good pitching beats good hitting.

Except when good hitting beats good pitching.

“i may not agree with your religion, but i will die fighting for your right to practice it”.

Really, you will get blown up by a land mind so Tom Cruise can get clear and meet Lord Zenu?

“Save Tibet” ( bumper sticker) I’ll get to that right after lunch.

” Uncle Nestor is turning over in his grave”. Good thing we bought that extra big coffin.

“he is looking down on us right now and smiling”. Should i go outside and wave?